Health & Science

Regulators are looking into health complaints after residents say a natural gas power plant being built near Scranton started emitting noxious, greenish-yellow smoke.

Emergency departments have been the first line of defense when it comes to opioid overdoses for a long time.

The company recently installed technology it promised would reduce chloroprene emissions by 85 percent. So far, public air monitors suggest levels are still trending upward.

A new ad campaign from the Jed Foundation, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and the Ad Council encourages teens to talk to friends about depression.

Kevin Patrick Bachner, 34, and John Michael Gorchock, 42, both of Pittsburgh, died Aug. 29 at FirstEnergy’s Bruce Mansfield Power Station after inhaling toxic gas.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will send $17.5 million in emergency funds to Pennsylvania to prevent the spotted lanternfly from spreading further.

City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart starts a performance audit with Department of Behavioral Health because it funds services she thinks Philadelphians need most.

The Philadelphia Dept. of Public Health is running TV and social media ads warning people to avoid prescription painkillers, even when they get them legally from their doctor.

The EPA agreed to restore $325,000 in funding to the Bay Journal, a print and online news outlet covering environmental issues related to the Chesapeake Bay.

The Department of Environmental Protection has OK’d several permits for a proposed natural gas power plant in Berks County.

Ryan Zinke, President Trump’s Interior Secretary, came to Western Pennsylvania to tout the federal government’s abandoned mine cleanup program. It was an appropriate setting.